"Bird and bee". ash, ink and pencil on paper. 10" x 12".
All of the drawings with ink and ash began with the process of throwing wood ash and salt water on paper to create organic patters that I then inked in. Washes of ink were followed by hours of tiny pencil lines, creating "topographic" patterns drawn closer or further apart depending on the hue of the ink wash. You can see a detail of this below in "Scattered Thoughts", which is one of the largest versions of the drawings. The smaller drawings started out as topography drawings as well, but I then inked various animals and insects on top. I loved the idea of creating my own "maps" or "worlds", so to speak...
"Scattered Thoughts". Ash, ink and pencil on paper. 3'x 2'.
Detail 1:
Detail 2:
"Curiosity". Ash, ink and pencil on paper. 12" x 10"
"Brain Mapping #2". Ash, ink and pencil on paper. 12" x 10".
"Nesting Birds". ash, ink and pencil on paper. 6" x 4".
"Mice". ash, ink and pencil on paper. 8" x 6".
"Ladybugs". ash and ink on paper. 12" x 4".
"Butterflies". pencil on paper. 6" x 4".
"leaf". pencil on paper. 4" x 6".
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